Okay, our message this morning
is taken from Isaiah 6. If you want to put a marker in
there so we can refer back to it. Now, the title of the message
this morning is, A Vision of the Gospel. God gave Isaiah this
special vision of God's glory in the face of the Lord Jesus
Christ. a vision of the gospel. Today, right now, each of us
desperately, urgently, need exactly what God Almighty gave unto Isaiah
in this vision. Each one of us here, right now,
urgently need exactly what God gave to Isaiah, a glimpse of
the glorious risen, victorious, God-saving Lord Jesus Christ. We need this day, this morning,
right now, a revelation of the glory of the exalted, victorious
Lord Jesus Christ as He is King of kings and Lord of lords. Christ indeed is Lord of all. Every knee will bow and everyone
will confess that He is Lord. to the glory of God the Father.
Peter said on that day, known as the Feast of Pentecost, this
same Jesus whom you had crucified, God had made Him both Lord and
Christ. I need right now, urgently so,
and we all do, a vision, a revelation of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We need, secondly, a revelation
not only of who He is, but who we are. A revelation of our own
wicked nature before God as Isaiah, when he sees the Lord Jesus exalted
and high, lifted up, he said, I'm a pretty good fella. No,
he said, woe is me, I'm undone. Thirdly, we need, as Isaiah was
given, a revelation of the good news contained in the gospel,
forgiveness and pardon. of all sin through the Lord Jesus
Christ. It says down in verse 7, thine
iniquity is taken away, thy sin is purged. Wouldn't you like
to know that your sin has been purged and put away by the blood
sacrifice of Jesus Christ? This is the vision we need. This
is the revelation we need of His glory, of redemption in Christ,
of who we are. of who the Lord Jesus Christ
truly is. The wise man Solomon, speaking
by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, declared, where there
is no vision, no revelation of Christ, no vision, the people
perish. Where there is no vision of Christ,
the people perish. Where there is no true gospel
preaching, no revelation of the true Christ of God to the heart
by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, when there is no
work of grace upon the heart by the power of God, we will
certainly perish in our sin without God, without Christ, without
hope in this world. We will perish in our sin without
seeing the Lord Jesus Christ as altogether lovely. We will perish in our sin simply
left to our own thoughts, for our thoughts are not His thoughts.
Our ways are not His ways. Simply left to our own thoughts,
we think too highly of self and too low of God Almighty. Simply left to ourselves, we
will perish Simply left to our own thoughts, simply left to
our own way. There is a way that seems right
unto men, but the end thereof is a way of death. Simply left
to our own will, we will perish. For our Lord says, you will not
come to me that you might have life. We will surely perish in
our sin without a vision, without a revelation of the blessed Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord says this, if you believe
not that I am, He will die in your sins. I say, my friend,
all of us urgently need this revelation of the glory of God
in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, let's look at verse
1. In the year that King Uzziah
died, now we know the story behind that, don't we? We just read
it. I saw the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ, sitting upon the
throne High, lifted up, and His glory, His presence filled the
temple. Now notice the time of this vision,
the time of this revelation, when God killed the king of Judah. His name was Isaiah. God smote
him with leprosy. And there is a vital connection
between the death of Isaiah and the vision that God gave unto
Isaiah. When God killed the King of Judah, Isaiah was given a revelation
of God's King, the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah learned something
of the strict and holy character of Almighty God. As we read earlier
from 2 Chronicles 26, Isaiah reigned in Israel for 52 years.
He was considered one of the good kings. We read he did that
which was right in the sight of the Lord until he was lifted
up with pride. The Lord blessed him in many
ways, with prosperity, with power, but he became full of presumption
and pride. And the Scripture said when he
became strong in himself, he was brought down very low. He
thought, Isaiah thought he could officiate as his own priest.
before God. He thought he could bring an
offering unto God without a designated priest, without a mediator between
him and God. Boy, how wrong was he. So wrong that God killed him
over the very matter. You see, what he did was a denial
of the holiness of God. It was a denial of the priestly
work of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a denial of the gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, Christ is God's priest.
typified by those Old Testament priests. They speak of how a
sinner can approach God only through the designated priest
with a designated sacrifice at the appointed time. And all that
Old Testament priesthood speaks of the priesthood, the eternal
priesthood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not even a king, not
even a king of Israel can come to God except through, and here's
a lesson we all need to learn, No sinner can approach God apart
from the Lord Jesus Christ. Mark it down. That's what this
whole story is teaching us. The Lord Jesus Himself said,
I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. No man, no one
can come to the Father but by and through Me. It's His priesthood.
It's His sacrifice. It's His blood. It's His righteousness
alone that avails for sinners before God. When God judged Isaiah, killed
him over this very matter. And when Isaiah died, Isaiah
saw this vision of the Lord Jesus Christ. Maybe Isaiah thought
a little bit too much. Maybe he was leaning a little
bit too heavily upon King Uzziah with all of his mighty army and
his power rather than looking to God alone. And God took that
away from him. He killed that king and made
Isaiah look to God alone. Now what did Isaiah see in this
vision? Four things we see in verse 1.
Isaiah saw the supreme glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. It
was the enthroned Christ. Notice, sitting upon a throne. The throne. Isaiah saw the enthroned
Christ, the sovereign Christ, the Christ of all authority,
the Christ of all glory. John wrote about it in John 12,
verse 41, where it says, When Isaiah saw His glory, he spake
of Him. speak of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And I tell you this, those who have seen His glory in saving
sinners by His blood sacrifice alone, when they see His glory,
believers speak of Him, what He has done, His person, His
work, His glory. So Isaiah saw the supreme glory
of the Lord Jesus Christ. sitting upon a throne. Secondly,
he saw the victorious Christ, high and lifted up, seated in
throne, ruling and reigning. Men and nations, presidents and
kings of the earth, they rush to and fro, don't they? They
fret with worry, pace the floor. Our King sits in complete Order,
absolute sovereign, in absolute purpose, controlling all things. God said, I have set my King
upon my holy hill, Zion. He is not upset or worried that
things are out of control. He is high and lifted up, seated
on a throne in absolute control of all things. Thirdly, Isaiah
saw the infinite glory of Christ. To the infinite, the eternal
glory of Christ. He's high. How high? Higher than the heavens. He's
lifted up. How high? He's God Almighty. Exalted. to eternal glory. High and lifted up, he saw the
infinite glory of Christ. His name, His throne are above
every name, every throne. None can stay His hand. None
can say unto Him, Lord God, what are You doing? He's highly exalted,
God Almighty, as He's highly exalted, the Lord Jesus Christ. He saw the universal glory of
Christ. For it says in verse 1, His train
filled the temple. Quite a vision, isn't it? Quite
a vision. He saw the universal glory of
Christ. His presence filled the temple.
Christ is all and in all. Every revelation of God to the
heart of the sinner is seen in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah saw the Christ of God,
the Lord, exalted King of kings and Lord of lords. Now this is
the vision we need. This is the vision that we need
to be constantly reminded of. And this is what's declared when
the gospel is preached. The glory and the victorious
Lord Jesus Christ over all things. Now look at verse 2. And above
it, that is around and before this throne, stood the seraphims,
the winged creature. Some say these are the angels
of God. They are the created, unfallen
angels of God that are burning with the zeal of God, going forth,
flying about to do God's business, to carry out His message. They
each had six wings. This is figurative language.
With two, He covered His face. With two, He covered His feet.
And with two, He did fly swiftly, doing God's business. Now, notice
who is about the throne of the Lord. His messengers, these heavenly
creatures sent to do His business. I think they're representing,
you know who they're representing here? God's servants. God's preachers. In figurative language, they
represent true ministers of the gospel, messengers sent of God,
given to declare this message of God. Now hold your place there
in Isaiah 6 and turn to Revelation chapter 4, all the way to the
End of God's Word, the message of God's servants does not change.
Revelation chapter 4, you've got to see this connection here.
Revelation 4, verse 8. And here, these creatures here,
again in figurative language, are called the four beasts. These
are also representing, these four beasts represent the servants
of the Lord. Each of them had, just like those
winged creatures in Isaiah 6, six wings about him. They were
full of eyes within, and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, the Lord of hosts." Same message, isn't it?
Same message, Lord God Almighty, which was, which is, and is to
come. And when those beasts, those
living creatures, give glory and honor and thanks to Him that
sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the four and
twenty elders, who is that speaking of? The church, believers, fall
down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that
liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honor and power, for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy
pleasure they are and they were created. What's our message? Behold your God, holy, holy,
holy is the Lord of hosts. Now notice what these creatures
do here in Isaiah 6 verse 2. It says here, with two wings
they cover their face. And speaking of God's servants,
as they represent God's preachers, they cover their faith in modesty
and humility before the Lord. For they say with the apostle,
for we are less than the least of all the saints, unworthy to
be ministers of the gospel. We are the chief of sinners. They are nothing but a voice
crying in the wilderness like John. John, who are you? I'm
a voice. I'm a voice. John, what's your
message? Behold, The Lamb of God that
takes away our sin. God's servants, not seeking their
glory, they're seeking His glory. Therefore, they cover their face.
Seeking no recognition among men, but seeking sinners to look
to Christ alone. Second thing it says about these
servants of the Lord, they cover their feet. They cover their
feet. That is, their conscience. Their
conscience. of the imperfection of their
walk and conduct and their ways. They say with the Apostle Paul,
O wretched man that I am, who shall save me from this body
of death? Thirdly, it says with two they
do fly. These winged creatures, they
fly swiftly. God's servants are ready to declare
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to all that will hear
it. You remember what the Apostle
Paul wrote in Romans 1 15? For as much as in me is, I'm
ready to preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. You remember
the Apostle Paul's last words of instruction to young Timothy
concerning the gospel? He said, preach the word, be
instant, in season, out of season. That is, Timothy, be ready to
preach the gospel. Swiftly fly with this message
of Christ and Him crucified, determined to know nothing among
you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Now, back in Isaiah
6, look at verse 3 and 4. What are they going to say? What
are they going to say about God? Look at verse 3 and 4, Isaiah
6. What is our message today? It
doesn't change. It's one and the same. Same God,
same Christ, same gospel. We're still sinners. What is
our message? One cried to another and said
in harmony, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole
earth is full of His glory. Verse 4, And the post of the
door moved, moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house
was filled, filled with smoke. Now notice their message. What
is it? God is holy. God is holy. Take your Bible
and find Psalm 99. Psalm 99. That is our message,
isn't it? If you were given one word to
describe Almighty God, what one word would you use? One word
to describe the God of Scripture. One word. What would you use?
That would sum up all of His character, all of His way, all
of His doing. One word. What one word would
you use? God's holy. Holy. Holy. Holy. Thrice holy. Psalm 99. Look at verse 3. Let them praise thy great and
terrible name, for it is holy. Notice Psalm 99 verse 5. Exalt
the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool, for He is holy. Look at verse 9. Psalm 99. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship
at His holy hill, for the Lord our God, He is. Always has been. He is holy in
every way. Now this is a message we need
to hear. This is a vision we need. And
this is a message we need to hear. God is holy. And yet this is a missing note
in most preaching in our day. Now you listen to the average
preacher in this county or this state, this country, This is
a missing note in most preaching in our day. Most preaching in
our day is all about love, isn't it? Love this, love that, love
the other, love, love, love, love, love. They've forgotten
that God's love is holy love. He doesn't love at the expense
of His holiness. God is holy. God is holy. In all the preaching, of the
apostles through the book of Acts. You check me out on this.
All the preaching through the book of Acts by the apostles,
Paul, James, Peter, all the recorded sermons in the book of Acts.
Do you know how many times the love of God is mentioned? Zero. They concentrate on preaching
the character of God in the face of Jesus Christ. God is holy. Not one time in the book of Acts
does any preacher say, smile, God loves you. Not one time. Nothing can separate us from
the love of God, which is in the Lord Jesus Christ. All through
the book of Acts, not one apostle, not one time does he ever say
that God is trying to save you, but you won't let him. Not one
time. Known unto God are all His works
from the beginning. God is sovereign and holy, high
and lifted up. Bow down, sinner. That's the
message. Not one time in the book of Acts
does it say that Christ died to try to put away all the sin
of all men. Not one time did they say that.
Not one time. As a matter of fact, they get
right and narrow. As many as were ordained to eternal
life believe the gospel. And no more. God is holy, holy,
holy, holy. Christ holy. God is love, the
scriptures declare, but not as expensive as holiness. The beauty
and power and mystery of the gospel is how God can justify
the ungodly and honor and magnify His holy law at the same time
and not violate His holy character. Do you know how that can be?
How can God save me, this sinner? How can God who is holy have
anything to do with me who am bowed and wretched? Only in Christ. Find Isaiah 45. God's holy law must be honored. Sin must be punished because
God is holy. Isaiah 45, look at verse 20. Assemble yourselves and come.
Draw near together, ye that are escaped from the nation." They
have no knowledge that set up wood of the graven image. Have
you carved out of God of your own imagination? They have no
knowledge that set up wood of a graven image and pray unto
a God that cannot save. Tell ye, bring them near, yea,
let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient
times? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I the Lord?
And there is no God else beside me, a just God and Savior. There is none beside me." Now
he said, look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the
earth, for I am God and there is none else. Look at verse 23.
Isaiah 45, for I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out
of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return unto me.
Boy, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall
swear, confess. Verse 24, surely shall one say,
In the Lord I have righteousness and strength. Even to him shall
men come, and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall
glory." He is the only just God and Savior. He is the just and
the justifier of the ungodly. Now look at verse 4 of Isaiah
6. When this message is declared,
who the Lord Jesus Christ is, and how He saves sinners, not
compromising His character, but in honoring His holy character,
honoring His holy law. Look at verse 4, "...the post
of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house
was filled with smoke." Now, this is the message we need.
This is the vision we need. We need to constantly hear this
message that will, it's the only message that God uses that will
call us out of darkness into God's marvelous light that we
might see the beauty and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. It
is the only message, the gospel of God concerning Christ that
will move us, that will move us away from any refuge of lies. It must be destroyed of God.
to show us our true foundation, our true hope in Christ Jesus.
It's the only message that will move us, and it's the only message
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ that will fill
us with His presence. with a good hope of grace. To
fill us with Christ who is our justifying righteousness before
God. To fill us with the Lord Jesus
Christ. For Christ in you is a hope of
glory. This is a message we need to
hear. God is holy. God will punish sin. And here's the mystery and beauty
of the Gospel. How God can be a just God and
Savior. That's only in Christ and Him
crucified. Then said I, look at verse 5,
Isaiah 6 verse 5. Now here's the place we need
to be brought to, all of us. Then said I, woe is me, I'm undone,
because I'm a man of unclean lips. I dwell in the midst of
a people of unclean lips. Isaiah, what's your problem?
My eyes have seen the King. He's no longer looking at King
Uzziah the leper. Now he's looking at the King,
the Lord Jesus Christ. My eyes have seen God's King,
the Lord of hosts. Take your Bible and just turn
one page back to chapter 5, Isaiah chapter 5. Isaiah here in chapter 5 has
a lot to say about woe unto them, woe unto them, woe unto them. Isaiah 5 verse 20, woe unto them
that call evil good and good evil, that put darkness for light
and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet and sweet
for bitter, woe unto them. Verse 21, "...that are wise in
their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight. Woe unto them
that are mighty to drink wine, men of strength to mingle strong
drink, which justify the wicked for reward, and take away righteousness
of the righteous from him." Woe unto them, Isaiah said. Woe unto
them. Now, he directs his message to
Isaiah. Woe is me. That's the problem. I've seen the King. Now, this
is a state we need to be brought unto to make this good confession
before God. He's nigh them of a broken heart. He's saved us such as be of a
contrite spirit. And here's where we need to be
brought to. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner. God is holy. God is holy. When given a sight
of God as most holy, we see ourselves as most sinful. Then it's, woe is me. Woe is
me. It's not, well I thank you, I'm
not like that man. No, it's not woe is that man,
it's woe is me. Woe is me. I'm the sinner. Notice
he said, I'm undone, I'm cut off, I'm cast out. He's saying
here, I'm brought to silence before God. Isaiah, what's the
problem? I've seen the king. I've seen
God's king. The exalted king. The victorious
king. And here's what we need. If we're ever brought to this
state before God, to own our true nature as a sinner before
Him, I tell you what it'll do. It'll stop our mouth. It'll stop
our mouth. Guilty. Guilty as charged. That's what it says in Romans
3.19, doesn't it? Let every mouth be stopped. Stop
your mouth. Don't justify yourself. Guilty
before God. It will cause us to agree with
God and take our place with Him against ourselves as sinners. That's what true repentance is.
It's taking God's side against myself. When He says, you're
the guilty one, You're right, Lord. I'm the guilty one. I need mercy. I need mercy. Only at this place, if God, by
His grace, would bring us to, to take our place before Him
as a guilty sinner in need of mercy, will we ever cry unto
God, Save me, Thee, Sinner. Thee, Sinner. I'm Thee, Sinner.
Lord, You would be merciful to me, Thee, Sinner. Have mercy
on me, Thee, Sinner. Job experienced this, remember?
Job's testimony. Job said, I've heard of thee
by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye, I see you. Alright, lift it up. And Job
said, I hate myself. I repent in dust and ashes. I'm unclean. All the people around
me are sinners. They're unclean. For all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God. All are sinners. There's none righteous. No, not
one. all whom God is pleased to save
will know this as well, that all flesh is grass." Turn to
Isaiah 40. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
God of hosts. Isaiah 40. Look at verse 6. The voice said, cry. This is talking about the prophecy
concerning John the Baptist. What shall I cry? All flesh is
grass, Isaiah 40 verse 6. All the goodliness thereof is
as the flower of the field. Grass, sinful, wicked, shut out. Grass withereth, the flower fadeth,
because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it, surely the people's
grass. The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall stand forever. Verse 9,
the last part said, Behold your God. All flesh and grass, behold
your God. May God be pleased to give this
vision unto our heart this day. God is holy. I'm a sinner. Look at verse 6 and 7 now. Then, then, Isaiah 6, verse 6,
then, then flew one of the seraphims unto me, you remember who they
represent? God's gospel preacher, having
a live coal in his hand, that's the living truth of God, the
living gospel of God, which he'd taken from off the altar, that's
Christ and Him crucified, and he laid it upon my mouth, he
gave it to me, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, Thy
iniquity is taken away, thy sin is purged." Then the good news
came when Isaiah found out he was a sinner. Then God sent him
the message of grace in Christ Jesus. God revealed to Isaiah
the glory of God. And then Isaiah saw himself as
a sinner in need of mercy. When he saw the holiness of God
and realized his own evil and corruption, he confessed his
sinfulness and inability. Then there followed an application
of mercy and grace to his heart. Self-judgment always precedes
forgiveness. Did you know that? Before God
closes us, you know what He does? He strips us. Before God heals
us, you know what He does? He wounds us. He breaks us. You see, grace is for the guilty.
Mercy is for the miserable. Grace is only for the guilty.
Christ died for the ungodly. Now listen to me carefully. I've
never seen this point before right here. When God killed Isaiah's king,
Uzziah, He saw God's King. Now here's what's going to happen. When God deals with us in grace
and mercy, He's going to kill every king, every idol we have
made before He exalts His King. Are you with me? When God is
pleased to save us and justify us, He will kill out any idol
notion that we have or any idol. The king of self-righteousness
and pride must die before God will exalt Christ in our heart.
The king of self-righteousness and self-beauty must die a leper's
death before Christ is exalted in our heart. That king must
go. The new king must reign before
God is pleased to save us He will kill out anything that's
contrary to His glory. It may be your beauty. It may
be your riches. It may be your popularity. It
may be your opinion. It has to go. It must die. God must kill it before He exalts
Himself within us. That's what happened to Isaiah.
Isaiah's king in the flesh had to go. before the King of Kings,
the Lord Jesus, was exalted and enthroned and seated in His heart. That's what God does when He
saves a sinner. He exalts Christ within us. And
then the message is good news. Then look at verse 6. Then when
the Seraphim flew, having the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ,
which he had taken with the tongue, and this is language, it's figurative
language, from the altar. This is the message of the gospel.
The gospel of God concerning the crucified, risen, victorious
Lord Jesus Christ off the altar of God's grace. And that's the message we come
with. The glory of Christ. Salvation of the Lord. And he
laid it upon my mouth. I'm speaking to you the gospel.
May God give you grace to receive this message, the live coal in
His hand, the glorious gospel of His grace and glory in Christ
Jesus, from off the altar of God, laid upon our mouth. God, by His Spirit, causes us
to receive this message. The Word is nigh, even in thy
mouth and in thy heart, the Word of faith which we preach. Our
Lord said, except you eat my flesh, and drink my blood, receive
this message, Christ and Him crucified, you have no life in
you. Laid it upon your mouth, and
Isaiah received that message. Christ is all our hope. Then,
verse 7, this hath touched thy lips, but it goes much deeper
than that, down to the heart. Thine iniquity, Oh, thine iniquity
is taken away. How can that be? He was bruised
for our iniquities, wounded for our sin. The chastisement of
our peace was upon Him. Thine iniquity is taken away
because the Lord Jesus Christ has taken our sin to Himself.
And your sin is purged. How is sin purged? How is sin
put away? You know the answer to that,
don't you? by the blood sacrifice of Christ alone. This, my friend,
is the sacrifice we need, is it not? Not the ceremonies of
men. We need the sacrifice of God,
for He obtained for us eternal redemption with His own blood.
This is the Savior we need, who was exalted in Victoria, able
to save to the uttermost all that come to God by Him. This
is the Savior we need. This is the sacrifice we need.
This is a message we need to hear. This is a vision of God
in Christ that we desperately need. Christ! Christ! And more of the Lord Jesus Christ. We never weary of preaching Him.
I trust none of you weary of hearing about the Lord Jesus
Christ. This is the gospel we need. That's
the power of God and the salvation, is it not? This is a salvation
that we need. Salvation is of the Lord. Saying,
thy iniquity is taken away. Saying, thy sin is purged. Boy, Isaiah had a vision, didn't
he? This is a vision that we need. This is a revelation of
God in the face of Jesus Christ that we need. Now, in closing,
let me give you Isaiah's response. Look at verse 8 in our text.
What's Isaiah going to do? Quit? God is too holy, I can't serve
Him. No. What's Isaiah going to do? Also, I heard the voice
of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for us? Who will go and declare this
message that God is holy, that men are sinners, And iniquity
is only taken away in Christ Jesus. Who will go and declare
this message, the salvation of the Lord? All of His grace and
glory in Christ Jesus. Who will go for us? Isaiah said,
well, here am I. Here am I. Send me. Send me. The sovereign grace
of God. planned within the center, motivates
us, stimulates us, moves us, cheers us on to declare this
message unto others. Don't you want others to hear
this message? It's the only gospel that God uses to save sinners.
Who will go with this message of substitution and satisfaction
through the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ? Who will
go and speak of His glory? I tell you who will. I tell you
who will. Those who have seen His glory.
You can't tell what you don't know. Any more than you can come
back from where you haven't been. Those who have seen His glory
will speak of Him. Those who have experienced His
grace will declare that salvation is by the grace of God alone.
Those who are taught by God the Holy Spirit that in salvation
Christ is everything, all and in all. who will declare this
message that God is holy, that men are sinners, and that iniquity
is purged only by Christ Himself, those who know and have experience
and love that gospel. Now, can't you right now in your
heart say with Isaiah, here am I? Lord, here am I. Send me. Send me to declare this message. Tell others. How great things
the Lord has done for you. Remember what the Lord told that
wild Gadarene? That man who no one could tame.
He was a wild man out there in the graveyard and no one could
bind him and tame him and he was a crazy wild man until he
met the Lord. The Lord crossed his path, put
him in his right mind, clothed him, with the garments of salvation,
made him a new creature in Christ. And that wild man said, Lord,
let me go with You. I want to follow You. Remember
what he told him? Go home to your family, to your
friends, and tell them how great things God had done for you.
You see, he said the same thing. And it says in the next verse
there in Mark 5, he went home and told his family how great
things God had done for him. Here am I. Here am I. Send me. Saul of Tarsus, when he met God's
preacher with God's message, when the Lord whittled him down,
when Saul of Tarsus had all of his kings killed, the king of
Phariseeism, the king of law-keeping, when God killed all of his kings
and enthroned the king. Remember what Saul of Tarsus
said? Lord, what will you have me to
do? You see, His people are willing
or made so in the day of His power, aren't they? Here am I. Oh, here am I, to serve the Lord,
to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. And hear the King as I die. Oh,
my soul.